Ruidoso Police Department calls

Battery against a household member

Adam Hill of Ruidoso was arrested for a domestic violence incident that occurred on Aug. 13. Responding officers found scratches on Hill's face and red marks around the victim's neck where he allegedly had grabbed her by the throat and held her against a door.

Aggravated battery with a firearm

On Aug. 14, at 10:09 p.m. Allison Hopper Sanchez was arrested on charges of aggravated battery with a firearm enhancement, a third-degree felony, and unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon, a petty misdemeanor.

Sanchez and another woman allegedly were having a disagreement outside the woman's house. The woman said she had been struck on the back of the head with a handgun. When the officer asked, Sanchez said she had a hand gun in the front driver's seat of the truck. She said she had used her handgun to push the other off her as the woman had been hitting her. Sanchez said the other woman not armed at the time. The officer found the .40 caliber Smith & Wesson semi-auto pistol in the seat of the truck. It had a loaded magazine with 14 rounds, no round was chambered.

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Sanchez was then placed under arrest for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and asked if she had any other weapons on her person. She said she had loaded .22 caliber handguns in her bra cups. The officer found a handgun in each bra cup and placed them into evidence. Both were loaded with a round chambered, for a total of 13 .22 cartridges. Sanchez said she had a conceal carry permit but no permit was produced and a records check indicated she did not have the permit. Bond was set at 10,500, and she bonded out.

Burglary and larceny

On Aug. 15 at 4:55 p.m. a report of a woman's purse stolen from car was made. The incident took place in the 1800 block of Sudderth Drive. The purse was sitting on the passenger side floor and the window was open.

Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon

Max Bringhurst of Alamogordo was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on Aug. 16, at 12:24 a.m. in the 2500 block of Sudderth Drive.

After being asked to leave an establishment due to obnoxious behavior as a result of intoxication, Bringhurst was ejected from the business. He allegedly began urinating on the wall near the entry where customers were walking in and out. An employee went outside and confronted Bringhurst physically removing him from urinating on the wall by pushing him along on the sidewalk.

The employee said Bringhurst made some threats, retrieved a knife from a white Chevrolet truck and returned with the blade open and threatened to cut him.

A Ruidoso Police Department officer was parking across the street when the employee came up to him and told him he had a man pull a knife on him.

The officer saw the subject and directed him to show his hands. Bringhurst immediately reached into his left cargo pocket and pulled out a silver knife with the blade open and tossed it into a small flower bed. Then he turned to walk away from police officers.

Bringhurst was ordered to stop and appeared highly intoxicated. He did not offer resistance and when the officer picked up the knife, Bringhurst said, "that's not mine and you have no video proving anything."

Several witnesses as well as the employee talked with officers about what had happened.

Bringhurst was arrested and, in booking, he became confrontational with an un-releated prisoner. At one point Bringhurst punched the side of the holding cell. When he was transported to the Lincoln County Detention Center in Carrizozo, Bringhurst started claiming he was "f***ed up in RPD custody," When they arrived Bringhurst told LCDC the officer had slammed his wrist in the door on the way over. An on-site nurse looked at his hand and decided he did not require medical attention before being detained.

Bringhurst was issued two criminal trespass notices for the establishment in question and another one across the street owned under same entity.

Correction: In a report Aug. 13, Andrew Silva, who was charged with resisting, evading and obstructing an officer on Aug. 2, still has a warrant out and has not been arrested yet.